Sankalp Reddy | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | CVR College of Engineering |
Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
Years active | 2014 – present |
Spouse | Keerthi Reddy |
Children | 2 |
Sankalp Reddy (born October 20, 1984) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. [1] He made his directorial debut with the Pan-Indian war film Ghazi (2017) which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Reddy later directed science fiction film Antariksham 9000 KMPH (2018).
Sankalp Reddy was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He graduated from CVR College of Engineering and moved to Australia for his MBA at Griffith University, Brisbane. He later dropped out after a semester and joined Griffith Film School, a top creative arts school in Australia, for pursuing MFA in film direction. [2]
Reddy researched about submarines about a year and decided to make a film on submarine. Later, he wrote a book titled The Blue Fish to keep the copyrights to make a film with himself. It later marked his feature film debut with Ghazi (2017). [2] The film is inspired by true events from the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. [3] [4] The submarine warfare film is an underwater tale of the courage and patriotism of the men aboard the Indian Submarine INS Karanj (S21) which destroyed the Pakistani PNS Ghazi when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy INS Vikrant on the shore of R. K. Beach, Visakhapatnam. [5] [6] Ghazi was screened at the Jagran Film Festival, [7] and garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 65th National Film Awards 2018. [8] [9]
In 2018, Reddy directed the space thriller film Antariksham 9000 KMPH, [10] starring Varun Tej. [11]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Language | Note |
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2017 | Ghazi | Yes | Yes | Telugu Hindi | |
2018 | Antariksham 9000 KMPH | Yes | Yes | Telugu | |
2021 | Pitta Kathalu | Yes | Yes | Telugu | Segment: "Pinky" |
2023 | IB71 | Yes | Yes | Hindi | [12] |
Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Ghazi | 65th National Film Awards | Best Feature Film - Telugu | Won | [13] |
65th Filmfare Awards South | Best Director | Nominated | [14] | |
7th SIIMA Awards | Best Director (Telugu) | Nominated | [15] | |
Best Debut Director | Nominated | |||
16th Santosham Film Awards | Best Director | Won | ||
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